Energy in Sudan
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SUDAN, 2015/09/18
Following the Gulf funded extension of the Roseires Dam in 2013, Sudan is further looking to harness the country’s huge hydropower potential in order to boost power generation, while investment opportunities in renewables are as well available
Provision of basic services such as electricity remains closely linked to economic increase. Electricity services are particularly essential, and it is one of areas that the Sudanese government has given increasing attention to in recent years.
In a country which not so long ago was only capable of producing 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity, this has increased dramatically over the last decade with capacity standing presently well into the thousands of megawatts, meaning power is reaching far additional people in additional remote areas, with shortages and outages as well becoming much less of an occurrence.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/07/02
Cross Border Data’s African Energy Atlas 2013 has just come out. What does is tell us about the continent’s energy reserves, production and next prospects?
This annual publication is largely comprised by a selection of maps detailing everything from major continental rail and road connections, patterns of political risk, energy infrastructure, country-by-country power supply, oil and gas reserves and downstream hydrocarbons markets.
Maps are drawn/updated annually by ‘journalist mapmaker’ David Burles and an introductory piece describes the process of production as requiring the application of investigative techniques to obtain even the majority basic data. Data on the continent’s energy environment has been built up using “not only maps, but as well press releases, news statement and good old-fashioned journalistic legwork”.
